Overrated / Underrated 2012: The ups and downs

UNDERRATED: Goat's "World Music"

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Can you take a band seriously with a mythology that references voodoo and a decades-long history as a collective from a village in northern Sweden? Frankly, when the music is this addictive, yes. An mix of '60s-era psychedelia, Fela Kuti-inspired Afrobeat and fuzzy krautrock, Goat's debut was one of the most exuberant, left-field listens of 2012, whether its back story is true or not.